Sad News On Frank Gansz

Former Chiefs head coach Frank Gansz is in a Dallas hospital and the outlook is not good.

The 70-year old Gansz is suffering complications from a knee replacement surgery according to the Dallas Morning News. His son Frank Gansz Jr. has flown into Dallas to be with his father, who is at Presbyterian Hospital. That’s the same hospital where Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt passed away several years ago.

At SMU’s spring practice Thursday morning, head coach June Jones “teared up” when he discussed Gansz according to the Morning News. It was Jones who talked Gansz into coming out of retirement and work with SMU last year.

“He is on a lot of kids’ minds,” SMU defensive coordinator Tom Mason said. “I know it’s on my mind.”

Gansz has coached for 38 years, 24 in the NFL and 14 in the collegiate ranks. He was special teams coach with the Chiefs in 1981-82 under Marv Levy and in 1986 with John Mackovic. He was head coach of the Chiefs in 1987-88. His last NFL job was as special teams coordinator in 2000-01 with Jacksonville.